#E27561#E27561

#E27561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27561
RGB	rgb(226, 117, 97)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 40.52, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 50.63, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.1188 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8861, 29.7588, 14.9505)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27561 #61CEE2

analogous

#E2618D #E27561 #E2B561

triadic

#E27561 #61E275 #7561E2

tetradic

#E27561 #8DE261 #61CEE2 #B561E2

square

#E27561 #8DE261 #61CEE2 #B561E2

split-complementary

#E27561 #61E2B5 #618DE2

monochromatic

#A9351F #D9482D #E27561 #EBA295 #F5CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#E27561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#E27561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E27561

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27561	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90865F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 117, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09f8e',
    500: '#e27561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27561;
$custom-light: #f09f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.302,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68299,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27561

secondary

#B8DFE6

accent

#B4D115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180F0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27561

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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